juez

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒuɛz/, /d͡ʒuɛs/

Verb

juez

1. imperative of juar

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• juiz

Etymology

From Latin iūdicem, singular accusative of iūdex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒuet͡s/

Noun

juez m (plural juezes)

1. judge
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2r.

     […] Quiçab. ha. L. iuſtos en eſta uilla e pues matar los as. E non parçiras allogar por los. L. iuſtos. Por fer eſta coſa uedado ſea ati. de matar el iuſto por el peccador. Nó ſe juez en toda la tierra q́ fẏzies eſte iudizio.

     “ […] Perhaps there are fifty righteous in this city and thus you would kill them. Will you not spare the place for the fifty righteous? To do such a thing is far from you; to kill the righteous because of the sinner. I know not of a judge on earth who would make such a judgment”.

Related terms

• judgar
• juizio

Descendants

• Spanish: juez
  • → Tagalog: huwes

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish juez, juiz, judez, from Latin iūdex, jūdex or iūdicem, jūdicem; possibly a semi-learned term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈxweθ/ [ˈxweθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈxwes/ [ˈxwes]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: juez

Noun

juez m or f (plural jueces, feminine jueza, feminine plural juezas)

1. judge
2. umpire; referee; official

Usage notes

An alternative feminine form for this term is jueza (plural: juezas).

Derived terms

• juez de paz
• juez pedáneo

 

Related terms

• juicio
• juzgado
• juzgar

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: huwes

Further reading

• “juez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014